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The Ulster Plantation counties
The Ulster Plantation counties
Map of the nine counties of Ulster. In red are the six counties which made up the Plantation of 1610.
Courtesy of the Ulster-Scots Agency
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Book cover of "Kilcumney '98"
Book cover of "Kilcumney '98"
Book cover of "Kilcumney '98" by Kinsella et al
Carlow County Library
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The earls of Ulster sail to Spain
The earls of Ulster sail to Spain
An illustration of a storm at sea off the Irish coast during the voyage to Spain of the Ulster earls. Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, casting his gold crucifix into the waves in an attempt to calm the waves.
C J Fallon
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The earls arriving at Quilleboeuf, France
The earls arriving at Quilleboeuf, France
The Ulster earls and their entourage arrive at the small French port of Quilleboeuf, France, September 1607. The Earl of Tirconaill is pictured in a red cloak; the earl of Tyrone is to his right, in a blue cloak. With kind permission of the artist, Sean O Brogain, who commissioned several paintings in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls. Taken from "The Flight of the Earls-an Illustrated History" by Dr John McCavitt
Sean O Brogain. John McCavitt
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The tombs of the earls of Ulster
The tombs of the earls of Ulster
Photograph of the tombs of Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone and his son Hugh, and Rory O'Donnell, earl of Tyrconnell and his brother Cathbharr. They are buried in the Church of San Pietro de Montorio, Rome, the city where they died, never having reached their intended destination in Spain
Sean Beattie
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Steel sculpture of Red Hugh O'Donnell
Steel sculpture of Red Hugh O'Donnell
Artist Maurice Harron's steel sculpture of Red Hugh O'Donnell on horseback. The sculpture is located in the Curlew Mountains of Co Roscommon. On this site Red Hugh defeated an English army under Sir Conyers Clifford in 1599, the last clear victory by an Irish army over the English. Following this, Elizabeth I, in rage, gathered together three armies to send to Munster, resulting in the final defeat of Red Hugh and his ally Hugh O'Neill at Kinsale, 1601
Maurice Harron
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Route of Red Hugh O'Donnell's march to Kinsale, 1601
Route of Red Hugh O'Donnell's march to Kinsale, 1601
Hand-drawn map outlining the route taken by Red Hugh O'Donnell and his army en route to Kinsale. He travelled from his castle of Donegal to Ballymote, Co Sligo, then through the Burke, O'Connor, and O'Byrne territories of the south before taking up battle position against the English forces at the battle of Kinsale, Co Cork, 1601.
Mulroy College, Milford, Co Donegal, and Milford Community Library
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Burning of Cork
Burning of Cork
Image of Sunner's Chemists after the Burning of Cork during the War of Independence.
Copyright Irish Examiner
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Site of the Battle of Kinsale
Site of the Battle of Kinsale
Colour photograph taken in July, 2007, at the site of the Battle of Kinsale of 1601. County Donegal Historical Society field trip, July 2007. The site is in the townland of Ballyregan, Kinsale, Co Cork.
Berni Campbell
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Sir Arthur Chichester
Sir Arthur Chichester
Black and white sketch of Sir Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland at the time of the Flight of the Earls in 1607. Sir Arthur is wearing the typical Elizabethan military dress of the seventeenth century.
C J Fallon, Ltd, Dublin